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LOCAL BUSINESS

Leadership Tallahassee and the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce are accepting nominations for the 16th Annual Distinguished Leadership Awards. The deadline is June 11.

Leadership Tallahassee and the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce have called for nominations for the 16th Annual Distinguished Leadership Awards.

It was indeed a challenge for those at the Challenger Learning Center's IMAX Theater: how to stretch precious marketing dollars and still achieve a business goal.

Florida A&M University's Small Business Development Center and the Big Bend Business Week Committee honored local companies and individuals Friday night at the 2010 Capital Region Small Business Week Awards Gala at the Tallahassee Automobile Museum.

ACQUISITION

More consumer confidence and the incentive of a federal tax credit helped boost sales of existing single family homes in April, according to statistics from the state's Realtors association that show the Tallahassee market's sales climbing 61 percent over April 2009.

They filled the exhibit hall Thursday and the classrooms where workshops were taking place during the inaugural Vendor Conference & Trade Fair, held at Florida State University's Turnbull Conference Center, buyers and sellers looking for more ways to connect and do business.

They filled the exhibit hall today and the classrooms where workshops were taking place during the Inaugural Vendor Conference & Trade Fair, buyers and sellers looking for more ways to connect and do business.

One of my favorite shows on TV is the reality series "Survivor." Since it has been on the air, the show has sent people to 20 of the world's most remote locations to survive, compete and gradually vote one another off.

One of my favorite shows on TV is the reality series "Survivor." Since it has been on the air, the show has sent people to 20 of the world's most remote locations to survive, compete and gradually vote one another off.

LOCAL BUSINESS

Sustainable Florida-Collins Center has announced the finalists in the 2010 Best Practice Awards program, a list that includes the joint University of Florida-Florida A&M University statewide team that helps small farms become more productive.

Local distributor Tri-Eagle Sales and Budweiser are participating in a partnership with the United Services Organization to honor the nation's Armed Forces through the "Proud to Serve Those Who Serve" program. Budweiser and its wholesalers nationwide will donate 1 cent for every case equivalent of Budweiser sold through June 30 to the USO's Operation Enduring Care, which was created to meet the recovery needs of wounded service members. The total donation committed is $250,000, which will help fund development of care centers.

According to a U.S. Census economic report, the average black-owned business has a two-year life span. Local business owner Robert Gayle defies this statistic.

Over the last year, our Leadership Tallahassee alumni have shared their experiences with the 10 characteristics of leadership: self-awareness, critical thinking, communication, visioning, relationship building, credibility, decision making and negotiation, systems thinking, social change, and civic engagement.

Briefcase is a roundup of openings, new hires, promotions and appointments of individuals in the business community. It appears Thursday and Sunday as space permits.

Milestones is a roundup of awards, honors and recognition in the business community. It appears Thursday and Sunday as space permits.

The Tallahassee metro area had an April unemployment rate of 7.9 percent, down from 8.7 percent the month before, according to statistics released Friday by Florida's Agency for Workforce Innovation.